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Antonio Maceo Grajales

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63 relations: Afro-Cuban, Alpha 66, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Baracoa, Bolt action, Brigadier general, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Calixto García, Camagüey, Captaincy General of Cuba, Caracas, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Centro Habana, Chronology of Colonial Cuba, Colonel, Commander, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cuban War of Independence, Entrepreneurship, French Revolution, Guanacaste Province, Guerrilla warfare, Haiti, Havana, Henry Reeve (soldier), Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, Jamaica, José Antonio Páez, José Martí, Killed in action, La Habana Province, Latin America, Liberté, égalité, fraternité, Lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant general, Little War (Cuba), Major, Major general, Malecón, Havana, Mambises, Matanzas, Matanzas Province, Mauser, Máximo Gómez, Monumento El Cacahual, Pact of Zanjón, Partido Auténtico, Pinar del Río, Private (rank), ..., Punta Brava, Regionalism (politics), Santiago de Cuba, Silver certificate (Cuba), Simón Bolívar, South America, Spain, Spanish Army, Ten Years' War, Valeriano Weyler, Venezuela, Vicente García González, Villa Clara Province. Expand index (13 more) »

Afro-Cuban

The term Afro-Cuban refers to Cubans who mostly have West African ancestry, and to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community.

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Alpha 66

Alpha 66 is a criminal anti-Castro paramilitary group.

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Arsenio Martínez Campos

Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón, born Martínez y Campos (Segovia, Spain, December 14, 1831Zarauz, Spain, September 23, 1900), was a Spanish officer, who rose against the First Spanish Republic in a military revolution in 1874 and restored Spain's Bourbon dynasty.

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Baracoa

Baracoa is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba.

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Bolt action

Bolt action is a type of firearm action where the handling of cartridges into and out of the weapon's barrel chamber are operated by manually manipulating the bolt directly via a handle, which is most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon (as most users are right-handed).

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.

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Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States government, most notable of which is Federal Reserve Notes (paper money) for the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank.

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Calixto García

Calixto García Iñiguez (August 4, 1839 – December 11, 1898) was a general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence: Ten Years' War, the Little War and the War of 1895, itself sometimes called the Cuban War for Independence, which bled into the Spanish–American War, ultimately resulting in national independence for Cuba.

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Camagüey

Camagüey is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants.

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Captaincy General of Cuba

The Captaincy General of Cuba (Capitanía General de Cuba) was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire created in 1607 as part of Habsburg Spain's attempt to better defend the Caribbean against foreign powers, which also involved creating captaincies general in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Yucatán.

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Caracas

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and centre of the Greater Caracas Area, and the largest city of Venezuela.

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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo (April 18, 1819, Bayamo, Spanish Cuba – February 27, 1874, San Lorenzo, Spanish Cuba) was a Cuban revolutionary hero.

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Centro Habana

Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba.

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Chronology of Colonial Cuba

The chronology of the colonial time of Cuba is about the Spanish colonial period in Cuba, and the efforts to obtain independence from the Spanish Empire and includes history from the "discovery" of the island by Christopher Columbus to the Spanish–American War.

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Colonel

Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.

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Commander

Commander is a common naval and air force officer rank.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica ("Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica (República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

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Cuban War of Independence

The Cuban War of Independence (1895–98) was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880).

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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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Guanacaste Province

Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern region of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

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Haiti

Haiti (Haïti; Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.

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Havana

Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.

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Henry Reeve (soldier)

Henry Reeve (April 4, 1850 — August 4, 1876) was a Brigadier General in Cuba's 'Ejército Libertador' (Army of Liberation) - more commonly known as the 'Ejército Mambí' - during the First Cuban War of Independence (Ten Years' War) (1868-1878).

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Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital

The Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, officially the Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Hermanos Ameijeiras", is the premier hospital in Cuba, its tower prominently visible from the Malecón seaside boulevard between the historic center and the uptown Vedado neighborhood.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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José Antonio Páez

José Antonio Páez Herrera (13 June 1790 – 6 May 1873), commonly known as José Antonio Páez, was a Venezuelan leader who fought against the Spanish Crown for Simón Bolívar during the Venezuelan War of Independence.

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José Martí

José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban National Hero and an important figure in Latin American literature.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own combatants at the hands of hostile forces.

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La Habana Province

Havana Province (Provincia de la Habana) was one of the provinces of Cuba, prior to being divided into two new provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque on January 1, 2011.

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Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, French for "liberty, equality, fraternity", is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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Little War (Cuba)

The Little War or Small War (Guerra Chiquita) was the second of three conflicts between Cuban rebels and Spain.

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Major

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

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Major general

Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Malecón, Havana

The Malecón (officially Avenida de Maceo) is a broad esplanade, roadway and seawall which stretches for 8 km (5 miles) along the coast in Havana, Cuba, from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood, ending in the Vedado neighborhood.

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Mambises

The term mambises (in the singular) refers to the guerrilla Cuban independence soldiers who fought against Spain in the Ten Years' War (1868–78) and Cuban War of Independence (1895–98).

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Matanzas

Matanzas is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas.

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Matanzas Province

Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba.

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Mauser

Mauser, begun as Königliche Waffen Schmieden, is a German arms manufacturer.

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Máximo Gómez

Máximo Gómez y Báez (November 18, 1836 – June 17, 1905) was a Major General in Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868–1878) against Spain.

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Monumento El Cacahual

Monumento El Cacahual, situated south of Santiago de las Vegas and north of Bejucal in Cuba is a monument to and the resting place of the remains of Antonio Maceo, second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence, and his assistant Francisco Gómez.

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Pact of Zanjón

The Pact of Zanjón ended the armed struggle of Cubans for independence from Spain that lasted from 1868 to 1878, the Ten Years' War.

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Partido Auténtico

The Cuban Revolutionary Party – Authentic (Partido Revolucionario Cubano – Auténtico, PRC-A), commonly named Authentic Party (Partido Auténtico, PA), was a political party in Cuba most active between 1933 and 1952.

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Pinar del Río

Pinar del Río is a Cuban city, capital of Pinar del Río Province.

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Private (rank)

A private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in).

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Punta Brava

Punta Brava is a small town and suburban ward (consejo popular) of Havana, Cuba, part of the municipio of La Lisa.

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Regionalism (politics)

In politics, regionalism is a political ideology that focuses on the national or normative interests of a particular region, group of regions or another subnational entity.

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Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city of Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province.

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Silver certificate (Cuba)

Cuban silver certificates (Certificado De Plata) were issued between 1934 and 1949 (and circulated from 1935 to the early 1950s).

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Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830), generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spanish Army

The Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra; "Army of the Land/Ground") is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations.

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Ten Years' War

The Ten Years' War (Guerra de los Diez Años) (1868–1878), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain.

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Valeriano Weyler

Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, 1st Duke of Rubí, 1st Marquess of Tenerife, GE, KOGF, OCIII, LCSF, RMOSH (September 17, 1838October 20, 1930) was a Spanish general and colonial administrator who served as the Governor General of the Philippines and Cuba.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Vicente García González

Vicente García González was a General in the Cuban Ten Years' War (Guerra de los Diez Años, also known as the Great War) and later a Cuban President who was assassinated by the Spanish after the war.

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Villa Clara Province

Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Maceo_Grajales

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